Posts Tagged ‘Cats of Old New York’

1915: The Flushing and Bideawee Cats That Starred in a Gaumont Company Moving Picture

Posted: 7th January 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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When director Edwin Middleton needed dozens of cats for the comedic moving picture “A Corner in Cats,” he turned to the streets of Flushing and the Bide-a-Wee home for animals in Manhattan.

This fun tale features cats, a film studio in Flushing, Queens, and an old mansion in College Point with secret tunnels that may have been a stop on the Underground Railroad.

1928: The Pedigreed Cat That Galvanized Plans for a Brooklyn Heights Promenade

Posted: 12th November 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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A few human engineers have tried to take credit for conceiving the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. But it was a pampered pet cat that first got the ball rolling for the clever and successful concept. Yes, a cat.

1915: Jig and the Other Unknown Black Cat of Poe Cottage

Posted: 23rd October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories
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Many historians and fans of Edgar Allan Poe are no doubt familiar with Catarina, the cat that served as Poe’s muse while he was living in his old cottage in Fordham. But I bet you’d be hard-pressed to find many people, if any at all, who know about Jig or the other black cat of Poe Cottage.

Now you can be one of the few who know this obscure feline fact.

1904: Fanny and Mike, the Black Cat Mascots of the NYPD Harbor Police

Posted: 6th October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cats in the Mews, Feline Mascots
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October is Black Cats of Old New York Month!

On September 19, 1904, Captain William Dean of the NYPD Harbor Police contacted the New York Times to brag about the rescue of a large black cat. The cat, which the men named Mike, joined another black cat named Fanny on the Harbor Police patrol boat.

1894: The Famous Boxing Cats That Headlined at NYC’s Huber’s Museum

Posted: 12th September 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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Forget the light bulb. Let’s talk about Thomas Edison’s short film starring Professor Henry Welton and his famous Boxing Cats! This 1894 film may very well be the first ever funny cat film ever made. (I even found out the names of the Boxing Cats…)

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